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Join us for an exclusive guided tour of the exhibition I think we should all just be friends by the artists themselves - Colin Self and Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves). The artists will dicuss the works on exhibit, their friendship, creative process and inspirations. There will also be opportunity to ask questions and learn about their practice during the course of the event.

Having met 15 years ago Colin and Jim have forged a close friendship sharing a mutual devotion to painting and drawing. Interim Director of The Fairhurst Gallery, Nina Fowler says: “Weare thrilled to host the first exhibition of one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Colin Self, alongside one of history’s greatest comic icons, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves). I think we should all just be friends explores the friendship between these two inimitable artists and their relationship to the ‘art world’ at large. Their works are linked not only by their mutual rapport but also a whimsical, often mischievous approach to the creative process.”

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) is an actor, comedian, writer, artisan and pop star – best known as half of the comic duo Reeves and Mortimer. As an artist he is known for producing countless and varied artworks, primarily paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and photography. Moir draws from a wide range of sources, to produce characterful work that is often surreal, amusing, bizarre and often with a sinister edge. Artists Jake and Dinos Chapman have decribed his art as being ‘able to command our laughter as a purgative, to encourage the viewer to leak at both ends’.

Colin Self is a draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter and has over 70 works in the permanent collection of the Tate. Born in Norwich in 1941, Self was educated at Wymondham College and then studied art at Norwich Art School before heading to the Slade School of Fine Art. Here he was encouraged by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and David Hockney, with his early works addressing Cold War politics. Described by Richard Hamilton as 'the best draughtsman in England since William Blake', the exhibition will also house a couple Self’s most seminal works.

Jim recounts spending time in Norwich with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse when they were students at UEA and holidays on the broads as a teenager. Both artists hold Norwich close to their hearts.

This special evening promises to be both entertaining and educational with an opportunity to encounter two giants of our cultural heritage.